Chapter 66: Timing Hasn’t Come Yet
Even with the help of the gods, Hera had already begun to be suppressed, only defending without attacking.
She was still too inexperienced now, unable to maintain an outburst beyond her limits for a long time.
As for Coeus and Iapetus’s side, although it was still an anxious bitter battle, as long as Phoebe won and received Phoebe’s support, they would inevitably usher in ultimate victory.
Atlas and Menoetius had rested for so long, and under their Father God’s blessing, they were almost recovered. Once they rejoined the battlefield, the situation would become even more unfavorable.
Zeus’s profound face grew even colder, however, deep in his heart, he quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
The purpose of today’s probing had already been achieved. Although the battle situation was slightly beyond his expectation, he could now confirm that Cronus’s power was only this much, and he had no more unexposed trump cards.
If not so, with such a huge advantage, the God King would not fail to use his backup plans.
Next, he could borrow the momentum to retreat, using it to make the enemy arrogant.
Zeus’s thoughts flashed like lightning, instantly deciding on a strategy.
A look of shock and anger suddenly appeared on his face, and he let out a beast-like roar at Cronus, recklessly squeezing out divine power and unleashing a devastating heavy strike with all his might!
Then, taking advantage of the moment when Cronus was forced back by this desperate strike, he ignored the new wounds on his divine body and suddenly erupted with even more vast divine power, enduring the intense pain of the God King’s scythe tearing his divine body, forcefully breaking free from the entanglement.
His figure flashed, transforming into a blazing white streamer that tore through the void, carrying a heaven-shaking fierce momentum as he sped toward the other two Titan battlefields.
A glint flashed in Cronus’s eyes, and on his heroic and majestic Titan face, a look of ecstasy instantly bloomed, as he let out a triumphant laugh that shook the universe: “Traitor, where can you escape to now!”
He closely followed behind Zeus, the huge scythe in his hand that once made the heavens weep blood carrying terrifying power to cleave everything and annihilate all things, easily slicing through all obstacles before him—matter, space, laws, energy, all existence was like thin paper before the God King’s mighty power!
On Zeus’s indestructible divine body, in an instant, more and more wounds as deep and terrifying as abysses appeared, golden divine blood spilling like a bursting heavenly river, dyeing the void.
But Zeus paid no attention to the destructive pursuit behind him or his own horrific injuries, still persisting in charging toward the Titan battlefield.
Seeing Zeus, who looked like a mad demon carrying heaven-destroying and earth-annihilating might, charging over with thunderous momentum, the calculating Titan couple Coeus and Phoebe had not a shred of hesitation!
Without any scruples, they instantly decided to retreat.
They immediately abandoned all entanglements and unhesitatingly withdrew violently!
They were not without courage, but facing a future God King who displayed raging fury, that bit of courage was utterly insignificant; they could not muster any courage to confront him head-on.
Coeus and Phoebe could not possibly fight to the death for Cronus. Against the enraged Zeus, they had no courage to oppose him even a little, not even for a moment’s obstruction.
In fact, neither side had ever hoped to settle the universe in one battle, achieving everything in a single stroke.
Both sides knew full well that this battle was not a fight to the death.
For Zeus, his initiative this time, on the surface, was to strike at the God King’s prestige, but the actual purpose was to probe the God King’s true strength.
There was an even deeper purpose that no one could imagine: fishing.
In this war that decided the universe’s destiny, neutrals were absolutely not allowed to exist; all gods must clearly choose sides and declare their stance.
Only then, after completely dealing with Cronus, would there be no potential opportunities left for Cronus to stage a comeback, thoroughly eliminating hidden dangers.
At this moment, there were too many gods in the universe watching from the sidelines; their hesitation and wavering were the greatest hidden danger to future order.
Therefore, Zeus must continuously expand the scale of the war, drawing all powerful gods, whether inclined toward Olympus or not, completely into it, forcing them all to take clear sides.
Only by thoroughly shattering the old order could a new heaven be reforged!
The Law Gods were too difficult to handle; even the current Zeus could not easily resolve them.
Moreover, who truly kills their father to take the throne, completely erasing their Father God?
In any civilization, such a thing would be extremely explosive.
What Zeus wanted was an increasingly prosperous and better universe, not one of high pressure and destruction; he could not set such a bad precedent.
So at most, he could only imprison him.
Regardless of whether Tartarus’s punishment was more cruel, at least, that was “alive.”
Whether for the current battle situation or for longer-term grand plans in the future, he could not do anything too excessive now, nor let the God King and the gods become too vigilant and defensive toward him.
Only by making the God King think he was nothing special could there be an opportunity to hurl him into Tartarus, lest he escape at the last moment, and then no one could have tranquility.
Only by fishing out all the gods who might side with the God King could he later plan a grander cosmic order with peace of mind.
Victory itself was not difficult; what truly required exhaustive scheming was how to win a brilliant and thorough victory.
Eliminate all hidden dangers, win the hearts of the gods, thereby better ruling everything and achieving his almighty immortality.
The God King could destroy the gods, but destruction was not the objective.
The objective was to gather the gods’ mighty power, strengthen the origin of the universe, make the cosmic laws more prosperous, and ultimately harness the power of myriad gods to achieve that supreme almighty realm!
To achieve this, he could not resort to dictatorial high pressure.
The last one who tried dictatorship and high pressure was now forever hanging up there.
Moreover, doing things willingly versus being forced, can the efficiency be the same?
As for Cronus’s side, he had met the battle hastily and never expected Zeus to dare launch an active attack in such a short time, and with so many more helpers by his side.
Actually, upon seeing Zeus’s lineup, he was extremely shocked in his heart; he was not afraid of these Second Generation Titans, but feared their Father God’s taking sides.
Originally, after pulling in Coeus and Phoebe, he thought the advantage was his!
But after seeing the opposing lineup, that idea instantly shattered.
As for Coeus and Phoebe, they had even less thought of playing both sides.
The stronger Zeus’s forces, the less value they had, meaning that even if they sided with Zeus, they would be in even greater danger.
But Coeus and Phoebe lived up to being the God of Intelligence; facing such an unfavorable situation, they still devised a brilliant tactical scheme in a short time.
They chose to strike first, turning defense into offense!
Successfully launching such a brilliant ambush, dragging Zeus and his comrades into passivity!
